| 291 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 378 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 357 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 273 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1856 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 653 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 559 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1021 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1060 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 282 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 862 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 300 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 192 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 228 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 713 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11887 | Morohashi |
| 256 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2095 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 706 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 762 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 287 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 投 【トウ】 pitching ability, counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.), counter for casts (of a line)
- 投下 【トウカ】 throwing down, dropping, airdrop, investment
- 好投 【コウトウ】 good (nice) pitching
- 継投 【ケイトウ】 relieving the (starting) pitcher
Kun reading compounds
- 投げる 【なげる】 to throw, to hurl, to fling, to toss, to cast, to give up, to abandon, to throw away, to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- tu
Spanish
- lanzar
- arrojar
Portuguese
- arremessar
- descartar
- desembaraçar
- lançar
- unir
- investir
- atirar
- desistir
- vender com perdas
French
- jeter
- mettre au rebut
- abandonner
- lancer
- investir
- se lancer dans
- vendre à perte
| 1368 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 5704.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6295 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 槍騎兵 【ソウキヘイ】 lancer
- 槍術 【ソウジュツ】 spearmanship
- 聖槍 【セイソウ】 holy lance, sacred spear
- 弓馬刀槍 【キュウバトウソウ】 archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship, martial arts in general
Kun reading compounds
- 槍 【やり】 spear, lance, javelin, lance, jeering
- 槍烏賊 【やりいか】 spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
- 長槍 【ながやり】 long spear, pike
- 毛槍 【けやり】 keyari, long, feathered ornamental spear carried at the head of a daimyo's procession
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うつ
- Korean:
- chang, jaeng
Spanish
- lanza
- lanceta
- arpón
- jabalina
Portuguese
French
| 2342 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2100 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1329 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 966 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15319 | Morohashi |
| 2822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2516 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2576 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a10.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 4896.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 69cd | Unicode hex code |